申命记 4
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
勸人民遵行 神的律例
4 “以色列人哪，現在你們要聽我向來教訓你們遵行的律例和典章，使你們可以活著，可以進去得著耶和華你們列祖的 神賜給你們的地作產業。 2 我吩咐你們的話，你們不可增加，也不可減少，好使你們遵守我吩咐你們的，就是耶和華你們的 神的命令。 3 耶和華因巴力．毘珥的事所行的，你們都親眼看見了；所有跟隨巴力．毘珥的人，耶和華你們的 神都從你們中間消滅了。 4 只有你們緊緊倚靠耶和華你們的 神的人，今日全都活著。 5 看哪，我照著耶和華我的 神吩咐我的，把律例和典章教訓你們，好讓你們在將要進去得為業的地上遵行。 6 所以你們要謹守遵行，因為在萬民的眼中看來，這就是你們的智慧和聰明；他們一聽見這一切律例，就必定說：‘這大國的人真是有智慧，有聰明啊。’ 7 哪一個大國的人有神與他們這樣親近，像耶和華我們的 神，在我們每次呼求他的時候，與我們親近一樣呢？ 8 又哪一個大國有這樣公義的律例和典章，像我今日在你面前頒布的這一切律法呢？
9 “你只要自己謹慎，又要謹守你的心思，免得你忘了你親眼看見的事，又免得這些事在你有生之日離開你的心；總要把這些事傳給你的子子孫孫， 10 免得你忘了你在何烈山，站在耶和華你們的 神面前的那天。那時耶和華對我說：‘你要為我召集眾民，我要叫他們聽我的話，使他們在那地上生活的日子，可以學習敬畏我，又可以教訓自己的兒女。’ 11 那時，你們走前來，站在山下；山上有火燒著，火燄沖天，又有黑暗、密雲和幽暗。 12 耶和華從火中對你們說話；你們只聽見聲音，卻沒有看見形象；只有聲音， 13 把他的約，就是他吩咐你們遵守的那十條誡命（“十條誡命”直譯是“十句話”），向你們宣布出來；又把它們寫在兩塊石版上。 14 那時，耶和華也吩咐我把律例和典章教訓你們，使你們在將要過去得為業的地上遵行。
警告人民勿拜偶像
15 “所以你們要特別小心，謹慎自己，因為耶和華在何烈山從火中對你們說話的那一天，你們沒有看見甚麼形象； 16 恐怕你們敗壞自己，為自己製造偶像，製造任何神像的形象，無論是男像或是女像， 17 或是地上各種走獸的像，或是飛翔在空中各類有翅膀的雀鳥的像， 18 或是地上各種爬行的動物的像，或是地底下水裡各樣魚類的像。 19 又恐怕你抬頭望天，看見日、月、星，就是天上萬象的時候，就被勾引，去敬拜和事奉它們，那原是耶和華你們的 神分給天下萬民享用的。 20 耶和華卻把你們從埃及，從鐵爐那裡領出來，作他自己的產業，自己的人民，像今日一樣。 21 耶和華又因你們的緣故，向我發怒，並且起誓不讓我過約旦河，也不容我進入耶和華你的 神賜給你作產業的那美地。 22 我只有死在此地，不得過約旦河；你們卻可以過去，取得那美地作產業。 23 你們要自己謹慎，免得你們忘記了耶和華你們的 神與你們所立的約，你們就為自己製造偶像，製造任何神像的形象，就是耶和華你的 神吩咐你不可作的。 24 因為耶和華你的 神是烈火，是忌邪的 神。
25 “你們生子生孫，在那地住久了的時候，如果你們敗壞自己，製造偶像，製造任何神像的形象，行耶和華你的 神看為惡的事，惹他發怒， 26 我今日就呼天喚地向你們作證，你們必在過約旦河取得為業的地上迅速滅亡；你們必不能在那地長久生存，必全被消滅。 27 耶和華必使你們分散在萬民中；在耶和華要領你們所到的萬國中，你們剩下的人數必不多。 28 在那裡你們必事奉人手所做的神，就是用木頭石頭做成的，不能看、不能聽、不能吃、不能聞的神。 29 但你們在那裡必尋求耶和華你的 神；如果你一心一意尋找他，就必尋見。 30 日後，你落在患難中，這些事都臨到你身上的時候，你必歸向耶和華你的 神，聽從他的話； 31 因為耶和華你的 神原是滿有憐憫的 神，他必不丟棄你，不毀滅你，也不忘記他起誓與你的列祖所立的約。
唯耶和華是 神
32 “你問問在你以前過去的日子，自從 神創造人在地上以來，從天這邊到天那邊，有沒有人行過這樣的大事，聽過像這樣的事呢？ 33 有沒有一個民族聽見 神在火中說話的聲音，像你聽見的一樣，還能活著呢？ 34 有沒有一位神嘗試藉著試驗、神蹟、奇事、戰爭、大能的手和伸出來的膀臂，以及大而可畏的事，把一國的人民從別的國中領出來，像耶和華你們的 神在埃及，在你們面前為你們所作的一切事呢？ 35 這是要顯明給你看，使你知道，只有耶和華是 神；除了他以外，再沒有別的神。 36 他從天上使你聽見他的聲音，為要教導你；又在地上使你看見他的大火，並且叫你聽到他從火中所說的話。 37 因為他愛你的列祖，所以才揀選了他們的（按照《馬索拉文本》，“他們的”作“他的”；現參照其他抄本及古譯本翻譯）後裔，用大能親自把你從埃及領出來， 38 為要把比你大比你強的民族，從你面前趕走，然後領你進去，把他們的地賜給你作產業，像今日一樣。 39 所以今天你要知道，也要記在心裡；天上地下，只有耶和華是 神；除他以外，再沒有別的神了。 40 你要遵守我今日吩咐你的律例和誡命，使你和你的子孫得享福樂，也使你在耶和華你的 神賜給你的那地上得享長壽。”
約旦河東之避難城
41 那時，摩西在約旦河東，日出的方向，把三座城分別出來， 42 讓那些素無仇恨、無心誤殺人的，可以逃到那裡去；逃到這三座城的一座去的，都可以活著： 43 為流本人，分出了在曠野平原的比悉；為迦得人，分出了基列的拉末；為瑪拿西人，分出了巴珊的哥蘭。
神的法典
44 以下是摩西在以色列人面前所立的律法， 45 就是摩西在以色列人出埃及以後，對他們所說的法度、律例和典章； 46 地點是在約旦河東，伯．毘珥對面的谷中，就是住在希實本的亞摩利人的王西宏的地。這西宏是摩西和以色列人出埃及後擊殺的。 47 他們佔領了他的地和巴珊王噩的地，就是兩個亞摩利人的王，是住在約旦河東，日出的方向的； 48 從亞嫩谷邊的亞羅珥，直到西雲山，西雲山就是黑門山； 49 還有約旦河東的亞拉巴全地，直到亞拉巴海，就是毘斯迦的山坡下。
Deuteronomy 4
New King James Version
Moses Commands Obedience
4 “Now, O Israel, listen to (A)the statutes and the judgments which I teach you to observe, that you may live, and go in and [a]possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers is giving you. 2 (B)You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at (C)Baal Peor; for the Lord your God has destroyed from among you all the men who followed Baal of Peor. 4 But you who held fast to the Lord your God are alive today, every one of you.
5 “Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess. 6 Therefore be careful to observe them; for this is (D)your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes, and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’
7 “For (E)what great nation is there that has (F)God[b] so near to it, as the Lord our God is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him? 8 And what great nation is there that has such statutes and righteous judgments as are in all this law which I set before you this day? 9 Only take heed to yourself, and diligently (G)keep yourself, lest you (H)forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And (I)teach them to your children and your grandchildren, 10 especially concerning (J)the day you stood before the Lord your God in Horeb, when the Lord said to me, ‘Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.’
11 “Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. 12 (K)And the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no [c]form; (L)you only heard a voice. 13 (M)So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, (N)the Ten Commandments; and (O)He wrote them on two tablets of stone. 14 And (P)the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might [d]observe them in the land which you cross over to possess.
Beware of Idolatry
15 (Q)“Take careful heed to yourselves, for you saw no (R)form when the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, 16 lest you (S)act corruptly and (T)make for yourselves a carved image in the [e]form of any figure: (U)the likeness of male or female, 17 the likeness of any animal that is on the earth or the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air, 18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground or the likeness of any fish that is in the water beneath the earth. 19 And take heed, lest you (V)lift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, (W)all the host of heaven, you feel driven to (X)worship them and serve them, which the Lord your God has [f]given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage. 20 But the Lord has taken you and (Y)brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be (Z)His people, an inheritance, as you are this day. 21 Furthermore (AA)the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that (AB)I would not cross over the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance. 22 But (AC)I must die in this land, (AD)I must not cross over the Jordan; but you shall cross over and [g]possess (AE)that good land. 23 Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God which He made with you, (AF)and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which the Lord your God has forbidden you. 24 For (AG)the Lord your God is a consuming fire, (AH)a jealous God.
25 “When you beget children and grandchildren and have grown old in the land, and act corruptly and make a carved image in the form of anything, and (AI)do evil in the sight of the Lord your God to provoke Him to anger, 26 (AJ)I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess; you will not [h]prolong your days in it, but will be utterly destroyed. 27 And the Lord (AK)will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you. 28 And (AL)there you will serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, (AM)which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell. 29 (AN)But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in [i]distress, and all these things come upon you in the (AO)latter days, when you (AP)turn to the Lord your God and obey His voice 31 (for the Lord your God is a merciful God), He will not forsake you nor (AQ)destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them.
32 “For (AR)ask now concerning the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask (AS)from one end of heaven to the other, whether any great thing like this has happened, or anything like it has been heard. 33 (AT)Did any people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live? 34 Or did God ever try to go and take for Himself a nation from the midst of another nation, (AU)by trials, (AV)by signs, by wonders, by war, (AW)by a mighty hand and (AX)an outstretched arm, (AY)and by great [j]terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 35 To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord Himself is God; (AZ)there is none other besides Him. 36 (BA)Out of heaven He let you hear His voice, that He might instruct you; on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because (BB)He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their [k]descendants after them; and (BC)He brought you out of Egypt with His Presence, with His mighty power, 38 (BD)driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is this day. 39 Therefore know this day, and consider it in your heart, that (BE)the Lord Himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other. 40 (BF)You shall therefore keep His statutes and His commandments which I command you today, that [l]it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may [m]prolong your days in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”
Cities of Refuge East of the Jordan
41 Then Moses (BG)set apart three cities on this side of the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun, 42 (BH)that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without having hated him in time past, and that by fleeing to one of these cities he might live: 43 (BI)Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.
Introduction to God’s Law
44 Now this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel. 45 These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which Moses spoke to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt, 46 on this side of the Jordan, (BJ)in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel (BK)defeated[n] after they came out of Egypt. 47 And they took possession of his land and the land (BL)of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, who were on this side of the Jordan, toward the [o]rising of the sun, 48 (BM)from Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, even to Mount [p]Sion (that is, (BN)Hermon), 49 and all the plain on the east side of the Jordan as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the (BO)slopes of Pisgah.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 4:1 take possession of
- Deuteronomy 4:7 Or a god
- Deuteronomy 4:12 similitude
- Deuteronomy 4:14 do or perform
- Deuteronomy 4:16 similitude
- Deuteronomy 4:19 divided
- Deuteronomy 4:22 take possession of
- Deuteronomy 4:26 live long on it
- Deuteronomy 4:30 tribulation
- Deuteronomy 4:34 calamities
- Deuteronomy 4:37 Lit. seed
- Deuteronomy 4:40 you may prosper
- Deuteronomy 4:40 live long
- Deuteronomy 4:46 struck
- Deuteronomy 4:47 east
- Deuteronomy 4:48 Syr. Sirion
申命记 4
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
勸人民遵行 神的律例
4 “以色列人哪，現在你們要聽我向來教訓你們遵行的律例和典章，使你們可以活著，可以進去得著耶和華你們列祖的 神賜給你們的地作產業。 2 我吩咐你們的話，你們不可增加，也不可減少，好使你們遵守我吩咐你們的，就是耶和華你們的 神的命令。 3 耶和華因巴力．毘珥的事所行的，你們都親眼看見了；所有跟隨巴力．毘珥的人，耶和華你們的 神都從你們中間消滅了。 4 只有你們緊緊倚靠耶和華你們的 神的人，今日全都活著。 5 看哪，我照著耶和華我的 神吩咐我的，把律例和典章教訓你們，好讓你們在將要進去得為業的地上遵行。 6 所以你們要謹守遵行，因為在萬民的眼中看來，這就是你們的智慧和聰明；他們一聽見這一切律例，就必定說：‘這大國的人真是有智慧，有聰明啊。’ 7 哪一個大國的人有神與他們這樣親近，像耶和華我們的 神，在我們每次呼求他的時候，與我們親近一樣呢？ 8 又哪一個大國有這樣公義的律例和典章，像我今日在你面前頒布的這一切律法呢？
9 “你只要自己謹慎，又要謹守你的心思，免得你忘了你親眼看見的事，又免得這些事在你有生之日離開你的心；總要把這些事傳給你的子子孫孫， 10 免得你忘了你在何烈山，站在耶和華你們的 神面前的那天。那時耶和華對我說：‘你要為我召集眾民，我要叫他們聽我的話，使他們在那地上生活的日子，可以學習敬畏我，又可以教訓自己的兒女。’ 11 那時，你們走前來，站在山下；山上有火燒著，火燄沖天，又有黑暗、密雲和幽暗。 12 耶和華從火中對你們說話；你們只聽見聲音，卻沒有看見形象；只有聲音， 13 把他的約，就是他吩咐你們遵守的那十條誡命（“十條誡命”直譯是“十句話”），向你們宣布出來；又把它們寫在兩塊石版上。 14 那時，耶和華也吩咐我把律例和典章教訓你們，使你們在將要過去得為業的地上遵行。
警告人民勿拜偶像
15 “所以你們要特別小心，謹慎自己，因為耶和華在何烈山從火中對你們說話的那一天，你們沒有看見甚麼形象； 16 恐怕你們敗壞自己，為自己製造偶像，製造任何神像的形象，無論是男像或是女像， 17 或是地上各種走獸的像，或是飛翔在空中各類有翅膀的雀鳥的像， 18 或是地上各種爬行的動物的像，或是地底下水裡各樣魚類的像。 19 又恐怕你抬頭望天，看見日、月、星，就是天上萬象的時候，就被勾引，去敬拜和事奉它們，那原是耶和華你們的 神分給天下萬民享用的。 20 耶和華卻把你們從埃及，從鐵爐那裡領出來，作他自己的產業，自己的人民，像今日一樣。 21 耶和華又因你們的緣故，向我發怒，並且起誓不讓我過約旦河，也不容我進入耶和華你的 神賜給你作產業的那美地。 22 我只有死在此地，不得過約旦河；你們卻可以過去，取得那美地作產業。 23 你們要自己謹慎，免得你們忘記了耶和華你們的 神與你們所立的約，你們就為自己製造偶像，製造任何神像的形象，就是耶和華你的 神吩咐你不可作的。 24 因為耶和華你的 神是烈火，是忌邪的 神。
25 “你們生子生孫，在那地住久了的時候，如果你們敗壞自己，製造偶像，製造任何神像的形象，行耶和華你的 神看為惡的事，惹他發怒， 26 我今日就呼天喚地向你們作證，你們必在過約旦河取得為業的地上迅速滅亡；你們必不能在那地長久生存，必全被消滅。 27 耶和華必使你們分散在萬民中；在耶和華要領你們所到的萬國中，你們剩下的人數必不多。 28 在那裡你們必事奉人手所做的神，就是用木頭石頭做成的，不能看、不能聽、不能吃、不能聞的神。 29 但你們在那裡必尋求耶和華你的 神；如果你一心一意尋找他，就必尋見。 30 日後，你落在患難中，這些事都臨到你身上的時候，你必歸向耶和華你的 神，聽從他的話； 31 因為耶和華你的 神原是滿有憐憫的 神，他必不丟棄你，不毀滅你，也不忘記他起誓與你的列祖所立的約。
唯耶和華是 神
32 “你問問在你以前過去的日子，自從 神創造人在地上以來，從天這邊到天那邊，有沒有人行過這樣的大事，聽過像這樣的事呢？ 33 有沒有一個民族聽見 神在火中說話的聲音，像你聽見的一樣，還能活著呢？ 34 有沒有一位神嘗試藉著試驗、神蹟、奇事、戰爭、大能的手和伸出來的膀臂，以及大而可畏的事，把一國的人民從別的國中領出來，像耶和華你們的 神在埃及，在你們面前為你們所作的一切事呢？ 35 這是要顯明給你看，使你知道，只有耶和華是 神；除了他以外，再沒有別的神。 36 他從天上使你聽見他的聲音，為要教導你；又在地上使你看見他的大火，並且叫你聽到他從火中所說的話。 37 因為他愛你的列祖，所以才揀選了他們的（按照《馬索拉文本》，“他們的”作“他的”；現參照其他抄本及古譯本翻譯）後裔，用大能親自把你從埃及領出來， 38 為要把比你大比你強的民族，從你面前趕走，然後領你進去，把他們的地賜給你作產業，像今日一樣。 39 所以今天你要知道，也要記在心裡；天上地下，只有耶和華是 神；除他以外，再沒有別的神了。 40 你要遵守我今日吩咐你的律例和誡命，使你和你的子孫得享福樂，也使你在耶和華你的 神賜給你的那地上得享長壽。”
約旦河東之避難城
41 那時，摩西在約旦河東，日出的方向，把三座城分別出來， 42 讓那些素無仇恨、無心誤殺人的，可以逃到那裡去；逃到這三座城的一座去的，都可以活著： 43 為流本人，分出了在曠野平原的比悉；為迦得人，分出了基列的拉末；為瑪拿西人，分出了巴珊的哥蘭。
神的法典
44 以下是摩西在以色列人面前所立的律法， 45 就是摩西在以色列人出埃及以後，對他們所說的法度、律例和典章； 46 地點是在約旦河東，伯．毘珥對面的谷中，就是住在希實本的亞摩利人的王西宏的地。這西宏是摩西和以色列人出埃及後擊殺的。 47 他們佔領了他的地和巴珊王噩的地，就是兩個亞摩利人的王，是住在約旦河東，日出的方向的； 48 從亞嫩谷邊的亞羅珥，直到西雲山，西雲山就是黑門山； 49 還有約旦河東的亞拉巴全地，直到亞拉巴海，就是毘斯迦的山坡下。
Deuteronomy 4
New King James Version
Moses Commands Obedience
4 “Now, O Israel, listen to (A)the statutes and the judgments which I teach you to observe, that you may live, and go in and [a]possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers is giving you. 2 (B)You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at (C)Baal Peor; for the Lord your God has destroyed from among you all the men who followed Baal of Peor. 4 But you who held fast to the Lord your God are alive today, every one of you.
5 “Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess. 6 Therefore be careful to observe them; for this is (D)your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes, and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’
7 “For (E)what great nation is there that has (F)God[b] so near to it, as the Lord our God is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him? 8 And what great nation is there that has such statutes and righteous judgments as are in all this law which I set before you this day? 9 Only take heed to yourself, and diligently (G)keep yourself, lest you (H)forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And (I)teach them to your children and your grandchildren, 10 especially concerning (J)the day you stood before the Lord your God in Horeb, when the Lord said to me, ‘Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.’
11 “Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. 12 (K)And the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no [c]form; (L)you only heard a voice. 13 (M)So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, (N)the Ten Commandments; and (O)He wrote them on two tablets of stone. 14 And (P)the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might [d]observe them in the land which you cross over to possess.
Beware of Idolatry
15 (Q)“Take careful heed to yourselves, for you saw no (R)form when the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, 16 lest you (S)act corruptly and (T)make for yourselves a carved image in the [e]form of any figure: (U)the likeness of male or female, 17 the likeness of any animal that is on the earth or the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air, 18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground or the likeness of any fish that is in the water beneath the earth. 19 And take heed, lest you (V)lift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, (W)all the host of heaven, you feel driven to (X)worship them and serve them, which the Lord your God has [f]given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage. 20 But the Lord has taken you and (Y)brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be (Z)His people, an inheritance, as you are this day. 21 Furthermore (AA)the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that (AB)I would not cross over the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance. 22 But (AC)I must die in this land, (AD)I must not cross over the Jordan; but you shall cross over and [g]possess (AE)that good land. 23 Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God which He made with you, (AF)and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which the Lord your God has forbidden you. 24 For (AG)the Lord your God is a consuming fire, (AH)a jealous God.
25 “When you beget children and grandchildren and have grown old in the land, and act corruptly and make a carved image in the form of anything, and (AI)do evil in the sight of the Lord your God to provoke Him to anger, 26 (AJ)I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess; you will not [h]prolong your days in it, but will be utterly destroyed. 27 And the Lord (AK)will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you. 28 And (AL)there you will serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, (AM)which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell. 29 (AN)But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in [i]distress, and all these things come upon you in the (AO)latter days, when you (AP)turn to the Lord your God and obey His voice 31 (for the Lord your God is a merciful God), He will not forsake you nor (AQ)destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them.
32 “For (AR)ask now concerning the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask (AS)from one end of heaven to the other, whether any great thing like this has happened, or anything like it has been heard. 33 (AT)Did any people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live? 34 Or did God ever try to go and take for Himself a nation from the midst of another nation, (AU)by trials, (AV)by signs, by wonders, by war, (AW)by a mighty hand and (AX)an outstretched arm, (AY)and by great [j]terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 35 To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord Himself is God; (AZ)there is none other besides Him. 36 (BA)Out of heaven He let you hear His voice, that He might instruct you; on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because (BB)He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their [k]descendants after them; and (BC)He brought you out of Egypt with His Presence, with His mighty power, 38 (BD)driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is this day. 39 Therefore know this day, and consider it in your heart, that (BE)the Lord Himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other. 40 (BF)You shall therefore keep His statutes and His commandments which I command you today, that [l]it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may [m]prolong your days in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”
Cities of Refuge East of the Jordan
41 Then Moses (BG)set apart three cities on this side of the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun, 42 (BH)that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without having hated him in time past, and that by fleeing to one of these cities he might live: 43 (BI)Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.
Introduction to God’s Law
44 Now this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel. 45 These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which Moses spoke to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt, 46 on this side of the Jordan, (BJ)in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel (BK)defeated[n] after they came out of Egypt. 47 And they took possession of his land and the land (BL)of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, who were on this side of the Jordan, toward the [o]rising of the sun, 48 (BM)from Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, even to Mount [p]Sion (that is, (BN)Hermon), 49 and all the plain on the east side of the Jordan as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the (BO)slopes of Pisgah.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 4:1 take possession of
- Deuteronomy 4:7 Or a god
- Deuteronomy 4:12 similitude
- Deuteronomy 4:14 do or perform
- Deuteronomy 4:16 similitude
- Deuteronomy 4:19 divided
- Deuteronomy 4:22 take possession of
- Deuteronomy 4:26 live long on it
- Deuteronomy 4:30 tribulation
- Deuteronomy 4:34 calamities
- Deuteronomy 4:37 Lit. seed
- Deuteronomy 4:40 you may prosper
- Deuteronomy 4:40 live long
- Deuteronomy 4:46 struck
- Deuteronomy 4:47 east
- Deuteronomy 4:48 Syr. Sirion
Chinese New Version (CNV). Copyright © 1976, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2005 by Worldwide Bible Society.
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